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It's weird..I liked the 21st century Mini styling when it first came out, but less so, as time goes by. Novelty period has expired, I guess.

Yep...happens to all cars.

Look at the PT Cruiser. It was revolutionary and people paid 2x sticker price to be one of the first to own a re-bodied NEON.

I loved my 2005 and the MCS was still new enough to where people thought it was cool to own one and used to stop and talk to me all the time about it. Now they are just vanilla like everything else.

Pretty much the only cars that don't become "meh" are the rare-ified air that are super low production number. I pass an exotic repair shop everyday on a walk at brake time, I still stop and stare when they have a Ferrari 512TR in for repair, or a Diablo VT, or Aston Martin, or Dodge Viper, or Countach, or 308, or Dino...so basically I stare everyday, but they are still interesting and make me tingle.

Even though it's not a "rare-ified" car, I'm enjoying a little bit of exclusivity with the BRZ. I see a few FR-S's here and there, but see zero BRZ's. I've gotten several "What is that, anyway?" comments from random people.

Even though it's not a "rare-ified" car, I'm enjoying a little bit of exclusivity with the BRZ. I see a few FR-S's here and there, but see zero BRZ's. I've gotten several "What is that, anyway?" comments from random people.

I would wager to guess you will enjoy that for a couple years....as you should.

But by 2016 or so people will look at it and say "meh". As undoubtedly the STI version will have launched, they will be much more common, and other competitors will have released.

It's weird..I liked the 21st century Mini styling when it first came out, but less so, as time goes by. Novelty period has expired, I guess.

Especially with the seemingly 13 different models they now peddle. I only saw 1 or 2 at Saturday's autox event. I did see 3 or 4 BRZ / Scions, including one driven by notorious former ClubWRX member MBS627. He previously had a Mini.

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